{"id":17181,"date":"2024-12-17T15:52:51","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T15:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?p=17181"},"modified":"2026-03-05T10:33:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T10:33:49","slug":"pester-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/?p=17181","title":{"rendered":"Mark Thomas Comedy Product S5 E4 &#8216;Pester Power&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mark Thomas Comedy Product Series 5 Episode 4 Pester Power\" width=\"980\" height=\"735\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VtgIXkFQj58?start=375&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" 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class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><strong>followthethings.com<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?page_id=327\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"327\">Sport &amp; Fitness<\/a><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons has-custom-font-size is-horizontal is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-bc275726 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\" style=\"font-size:10px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--2\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=2001\" style=\"border-radius:5px;font-size:12px\">2001<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--3\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-black-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=Adidas\" style=\"border-radius:5px;font-size:12px\">ADIDAS<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--4\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-vivid-red-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=shoes\" style=\"border-radius:5px;font-size:12px\">SPORTS SHOES<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--5\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=origin-indonesia\" style=\"border-radius:5px;font-size:12px\">MADE IN INDONESIA<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--6\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=destination-uk\" style=\"border-radius:5px;font-size:12px\">SOLD IN THE UK<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--7\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-vivid-purple-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=tv-satire\" style=\"border-radius:5px;font-size:12px\">TV SATIRE<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--8\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=teach-economic-geography\" style=\"border-radius:5px;font-size:12px\">TEACH ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--9\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=change-INDUSTRY-MINDS\" style=\"border-radius:5px;font-size:12px\">CHANGE INDUSTRY MINDS<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--10\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=change-corporate-behaviour\" style=\"border-radius:5px;font-size:12px\">CHANGE CORPORATE BEHAVIOUR<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--11\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=improve-pay-conditions\" style=\"border-radius:5px;font-size:12px\">IMPROVE PAY &amp; CONDITIONS<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--12\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=target-the-right-brand\" style=\"border-radius:5px;font-size:12px\">TARGET THE RIGHT BRAND<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--13\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=show-both-sides\" style=\"border-radius:5px;font-size:12px\">SHOW BOTH SIDES<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--14\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=bring-people-together\" style=\"border-radius:5px;font-size:12px\">BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--15\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=INVOLVE-CONSUMERS\" style=\"border-radius:5px;font-size:12px\">INVOLVE CONSUMERS<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--16\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=workers-take-the-mic\" style=\"border-radius:5px;font-size:12px\">WORKERS TAKE THE MIC!<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--17\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=bring-managers-into-view\" style=\"border-radius:5px;font-size:12px\">BRING MANAGERS INTO VIEW<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--18\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=find-a-character\" style=\"border-radius:5px;font-size:12px\">FIND A CHARACTER<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--19\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=STAGE-A-QA\" style=\"border-radius:5px;font-size:12px\">STAGE A Q&amp;A<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--20\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=hold-em-accountable\" style=\"border-radius:5px;font-size:12px\">HOLD &#8216;EM ACCOUNTABLE<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--21\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=play-with-branding\" style=\"border-radius:5px;font-size:12px\">PLAY WITH BRANDING<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--22\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=redesign-the-commodity\" style=\"border-radius:5px;font-size:12px\">RE-DESIGN THE COMMODITY<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--23\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=make-it-provocative\" style=\"border-radius:5px;font-size:12px\">MAKE IT PROVOCATIVE<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--24\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=make-it-funny\" style=\"border-radius:5px;font-size:12px\">MAKE IT FUNNY<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f6f0ec\">&#8220;<strong>&#8216;Pester Power&#8217;<\/strong>: <strong>Mark Thomas Comedy Product<\/strong>&#8220;<br>An episode of a satirical TV series starring comedian-activist Mark Thomas broadcast on the UK&#8217;s Channel 4.<br>Full episode embedded above. <br><br>Mark Thomas is a British activist-comedian who has a long-running stand-up comedy \/ satire show on TV. He&#8217;s filming an episode in a North London secondary school with a geography teacher called Noel Jenkins and his students. It starts off being about government cutbacks which mean that schools are relying on free books from publishers like Jazzy Books which contain advertising. When the Jazzy Books CEO refuses to talk to them on the phone, he asks the students if they would like to talk to one of the advertisers: adidas. Mr Jenkins has been teaching them about sweatshop production Indonesia, so they are primed. Mark Thomas says he has the phone number of David Husselbee, adidas&#8217; &#8216;Global Director of Social and Environmental Affairs&#8217;. He calls him, and his crew film what happens. Husselbee is out of office. So Thomas asks the students to leave him a message. What questions do they want to ask him? They&#8217;re all about adidas sweatshops. Everyone at the school goes go to lunch and, when they get back to class, Husselbee &#8211; surprisingly &#8211; returns the call. He spends an hour on the phone answering the student&#8217;s sweatshop questions. It&#8217;s all filmed. Thomas asks the students if they&#8217;re happy with Husselbee&#8217;s answers. Nobody is. Husselbee says it would be different if he was there in person. So Mark Thomas and Mr Jenkins invite him to visit. He does so a few weeks later. Thomas also invites Richard Howitt, an MEP who has been trying and failing to get adidas to turn up to an EU hearing about sweatshop labour. Also present are two women from Indonesia, one who works for a mission supporting factory workers like those who make adidas shoes, and the other her translator. Thomas&#8217; crew films the discussion, which Thomas talks about in the stand-up comedy show that&#8217;s made about it. This classroom is the site of an extraordinary get-together of supply chain actors, and an extraordinary discussion unfolds that is rooted in the direct, heartfelt and cheeky style of questioning from the young people present. This is &#8216;pester power&#8217; (the episode&#8217;s title): showing what young people can do to get adults to change their behaviour. It&#8217;s common knowledge in trade justice activism that different actors in supply chains have different experiences of, and roles in, keeping the flow of commodities going. And it&#8217;s common knowledge that different priorities, ethics and value systems are more or less at home in different roles. But, when you bring these together in a discussion like the one in this classroom, with people they don&#8217;t normally talk to each other as equals, they can clash horribly. That&#8217;s what&#8217;s so revealing about this example and why it has to feature on our site. This example of trade justice activism comes from an time when corporate executives were less guarded, when they might turn up to explain on camera the way that the economy works from their perspective (see also our page on the BBC documentary <em>Mangetout<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?p=12769\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"12769\">here<\/a>), and before they started using corporate PR firms to protect themselves from such scrutiny (when they didn&#8217;t come out of this very well). Putting corporate executives under the spotlight this can have an impact. Husselbee says to Howitt at the end of the discussion that adidas will turn up to the next EU hearing. Would that have happened without this &#8216;pester power&#8217; show? The students are inspired by the power they find they have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Page reference: Ian Cook et al (2024) <em>Mark Thomas Comedy Product S5 E4 &#8216;Pester Power&#8217;<\/em>. followthethings.com\/mark-pester-power.shtml (last accessed &lt;insert date here>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Estimated reading time: 40 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>46 comments<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Descriptions<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-blue-red\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>Why not get the head of Global affairs of a multinational company to actually have a discussion with a group of 13 year olds and see the results? That is exactly what Mark Thomas did in this fascinatingly funny programme, challenging the stereotypes of teenagers and finding that the power to change things has not been lost at all, only stifled (Source Baxter Baine nd, np <a href=\"http:\/\/www.juicygeography.co.uk\/Unfair%20trade\/mtp.htm\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-purple-yellow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>It must be said it is very rare to get a high-ranking member of any multinational corporation to even sit still, let alone ask them questions. With the huge amounts of money involved with these people, the chance that they will risk saying something incriminating is next to nothing. So, when David Husselbee, the global affairs director of Adidas was asked by a Hampstead student if he would like to come to school and have a talk with a group of students on fair trade issues, we didn&#8217;t expect him to say yes. However, he agreed (Source: Gatten 2001, np <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20020118181132\/http:\/\/www.unfairtrade.co.uk\/pov\/debates.shtml\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-dark-grayscale\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>The Mark Thomas Comedy Product (a UK Channel 4 tv show) did a half hour sketch on Adidas, it started off with him explaining how their workers are equally exploited and how he thought is was wrong (which it is). He then when on to show a piece he&#8217;d recorded with a group 12yr old school kids, where he covered the same ground and then went on to ask the kids what they&#8217;d say to the Adidas MD [Director of Social &amp; Environmental Affairs David Husselbee] if they could. He got lots of unprompted, but very cutting statements out of these kids. Then he said, and this was the killer, &#8216;well I&#8217;ve got the mobile number of the MD, would you like to call him?&#8217; Lucky the MD was out to lunch, so 10 or 15 different kids left voice mails for him to listen when he got back! The sketch went on, and the MD actually called back (Source: Beelzebub 2001, np <a href=\"https:\/\/gamedev.net\/forums\/topic\/44642-sweatshop-nike\/1221165\/\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-grayscale\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>[The programme starts with a monologue about Jazzy Books which gives free books to UK schools whihc contain advertising. Its Managing Director had just refused to take questions on the phone from a class of secondary school Geography students when Mark called. Recounting what happened next, he says:] He might actually just be going &#8216;why on earth should I put up with this bloke from Channel 4 who&#8217;s a real prick anyway?&#8217; So I said [to the students] &#8216;Well, look, some of the people who&#8217;re advertising [in your schoolbooks] are people like Adidas.&#8217; And the teacher said &#8216;That&#8217;s interesting because Adidas multinational company making stuff all over the world and we&#8217;re teaching, you know, Free Trade, Fair Trade. Maybe you&#8217;d like to talk about this.&#8217; So I started, you know, discussing with the children, uh, some of the problems that Adidas was having with its factories that it uses to source their material in Indonesia and these kids were absolutely brilliant. And I said &#8216;What would you say if we could get through to a guy called David Husselbee? Right, here&#8217;s the guy. He is the global head of their social and environmental policy. What would you say if we could get through to him?&#8217; They said &#8216;You won&#8217;t get him&#8217;. I said &#8216;No, but what would you say?&#8217; and they came up with all these questions. And I have his mobile number. So I phoned up David Husselbee and he wasn&#8217;t in. So all the kids lined up and left a message on his machine. And they were just, &#8216;Hello, my &#8230; name&#8217;s Jane. I&#8217;d like to know why you pay the workers so low wages in Indonesia. Thank you.&#8217; And then it pass on, &#8216;I&#8217;m graham. I&#8217;d like to ask &#8230; questions about workers rights. Thank you.&#8217; &#8230; &#8216;Hi, I&#8217;m Tim. I&#8217;d like to ask about false overtime&#8217;. And you just thought &#8216;This is genius. They just are brilliant.&#8217; This went on for ages. I would have loved to have been there when he picked up his messages: &#8216;this is your voicemail&#8217;, uh, &#8216;messaging service. You have 18 messages. And, boy, are you in trouble&#8217; (Source: trip2themoon 2011, np <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VtgIXkFQj58\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-small-font-size is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>+11 comments<\/summary>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-grayscale\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>[Thomas:] He phoned us [back], Husselbee phones while we&#8217;re teaching in the class and I said, &#8216;Oh great. It&#8217;s Mark Thomas here from Channel 4. Uh, I&#8217;m in a North London comprehensive school. There&#8217;s about 30 children here, um, we&#8217;re discussing, sort of, adidas and, um, the the factories in Indonesia and I&#8217;m recording this call for broadcast. I&#8217;ve got a couple of speakers, nice big ones, up on the desk here. They can hear every word you&#8217;re saying.&#8217; And there&#8217;s just silence. And he went, &#8216;Hello everyone. What class is this?&#8217; Geography. I said, &#8216;Now the kids have got a list of questions&#8217; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Source: trip2themoon 2001, np <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VtgIXkFQj58?feature=shared\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-grayscale\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>[Student to David Husselbee, on the phone:] How would you feel if your own children were working in [an Indonesian adidas] factory?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[Husselbee:] Well, if I was an Indonesian parent and, uh, my child was over 15 then, uh, and I was sure that they were doing a, a job that, that could earn the family some money then, um, I think I would allow them to do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[Student:] Is he saying that Indonesian parents don&#8217;t care about their children much?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[Husselbee:] No, I&#8217;m not. I&#8217;m saying that Indonesian parents realize that the best thing for their family is to make sure that they, they&#8217;re able to earn some money. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[Mark Thomas] Okay. The question was actually &#8216;are you happy to let your children do that?&#8217; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[Husselbee:] Well, my children would be too young under Indonesian law to work there. So I&#8217;d be very unhappy for them to work there. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[Thomas:] If they get to 15, would you be happy when they get to 15, would you be happy about that?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[Husselbee:] Again, if I was an Indonesian parent, uh, I would be. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[Thomas:] I mean this, there&#8217;s a lot of tutting and disbelief going on at this point in the classroom because people seem to be indicating that you&#8217;re not actually answering the question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[Husselbee:] I think I have answered the question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[Thomas:] Well, the question was &#8216;are you happy for your children to do it?&#8217; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[Husselbee:] I just said, I just said my children are too young. So the answer is no. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Source: trip2themoon 2001, np <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VtgIXkFQj58?feature=shared\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-grayscale\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>[Mark Thomas:] At the end [of the phone Q&amp;A, David Husselbee] said &#8216;Look, I have to go. I&#8217;ve given you nearly an hour of my time.&#8217; I said, &#8216;Well, look, can I just ask how many children are happy with all the answers here? People who thought he answered well and addressed the issues: can we just have your hands up?&#8217; You&#8217;ve you&#8217;ve not got one hand up, I&#8217;m afraid, David. He said, &#8216;Well obviously I&#8217;d have preferred to have met them face to face to explain.&#8217; I said &#8216;Fantastic.&#8217; I said [to] Mr Jenkins, who is the teacher, &#8216;What time does term start?&#8217; He said &#8216;The 8th of January.&#8217; I said [to David Huselbee] &#8216;Are you free on the 9th?&#8217; He said &#8216;Yes&#8217;. I said &#8216;David are you free on the 9th?&#8217; He said yes I I think I am.&#8217; I said, &#8216;Great. Will you come along to the school on the ninth?&#8217; He said &#8216;OK.&#8217; I said, &#8216;We&#8217;ll fly in a worker from Indonesia. We&#8217;ll get someone from the European Parliament. How does that suit you?&#8217; (Source: trip2themoon 2011, np <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VtgIXkFQj58\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-grayscale\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>[Mark Thomas:] So [January] ninth arrives the kids are there. The MEP [Richard Howitt] is there. There&#8217;s a woman called Endang [Rokhnai] from the Urban Community Mission in Indonesia who go inspect factories, and a translator called Tatiana [Lukman]. They&#8217;re all sitting there [with] this guy [David Husselbee &#8211; Adidas-Salomon&#8217;s Global Director of Social &amp; Environmental Affairs] (Source: trip2themoon 2001, np <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VtgIXkFQj58?feature=shared\">link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-blue-red\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>The conference, sited at Hampstead Comprehensive School in Northwest London brought together the MEP Richard Howitt, a worker at the Urban Community Mission in Indonesia, Endang Rokhnai, the Global Director of Social and Environmental Affairs at Adidas, David Husselbee, and thirty blood thirsty teenagers, in order to discuss the conditions and pay of the workers in Adidas factories in Indonesia (Source Baxter Baine nd, np <a href=\"http:\/\/www.juicygeography.co.uk\/Unfair%20trade\/mtp.htm\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-blue-orange\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>[In the show] Mark Thomas showed scenes of debates held at our school &#8230; Students &#8230; demanded explanations for the poor treatment of Adidas\u2019s workers in Indonesia (Source Tara &amp; Emma nd, np <a href=\"http:\/\/www.juicygeography.co.uk\/Unfair%20trade\/mtp.htm\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-grayscale\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p> It was incredible because the kids really want to meet [Husselbee]. They really want to ask him some questions. So it&#8217;s kind of like we&#8217;re sitting there and I felt mildly sorry for the guy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[Husselbee:] We&#8217;ve looked at the wages of the workers and on average, over the last few months, the workers havebeen taking home 700,000 rupia per month. Um, we can be sure that workers aregetting at least 25% above minimum wage<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[Howarth:] 7,000 &#8211; is it? &#8211; a month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[Husselbee:] 700,000, yeah. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[Student:] Which amounts to how much in.. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[Husselbee:] Um, it&#8217;s about 85, 90 dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[Student:] ..in Sterling, sorry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[Husselbee:] Sterling? 60.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[Student:] 60 a month? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[Lukman:] The fact is the workers, uh, could get 700,000, uh, wage if they work overtime that is the reality. If they don&#8217;t work overtime, they will never get that 700,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[Teacher Noel Jenkins to Husselbee:] Do accept that point, that you would have to do overtime to to earn..? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[Hussebee:] Yes, it does include overtime payments. Yes, but it also includes, um, transport&#8230; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[Lukman:] because the overtime meaning that you have to work from 7:30 in the morning &#8217;til..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[Rokhnai:] 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[Lukman:] ..9 in the evening. Then you can get 700,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[Student to Husselbee:] Don&#8217;t you think it&#8217;s morally wrong to exploit workers like that? Cos you, you have them, you bring in the poor workers and you pay them nothing, then where are they going to go from there? They can&#8217;t, they can barely provide for themselves. They have children. They&#8217;re not going to school. So then they get no education. Then they&#8217;re poor, so then they come to your factories and it&#8217;s just an ongoing vicious circle. Donb&#8217;t you think it&#8217;s morally wrong to just keep that going? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[Husselbee:] Well it&#8217;s a question of whether the glass is half full or half empty isn&#8217;t it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Source: trip2themoon 2001, np <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VtgIXkFQj58?feature=shared\">link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-grayscale\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>[Student:] Why don&#8217;t you get Adidas to try and work with the Indonesian government to try and raise their minimum wage so, even &#8230; if the management pay them very little or just the minimum wage, the minimum wage will still be higher so they&#8217;ll be earning more?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[Husselbee:] I think it&#8217;s difficult for one company to influence.. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[Student:] Yeah, but you said that some big companies have as much economic power as, um, whole governments and adidas probably has more than Indonesia. So why don&#8217;t you work with them to try and improve the minimum wage? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[Husselbee:] The natural partners of government in Indonesia is government, uh ,around the world. So I think it&#8217;s possible for governments to influence other governments..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[Student:] Why don&#8217;t you try?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[Husselbee:] ..as much as companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[Student:] Can you just try, though? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[Husselbee:] We, we do talk to governments from time to time. We haven&#8217;t done so in Indonesia..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[Student:] Why not, though?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Source: trip2themoon 2001, np <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VtgIXkFQj58?feature=shared\">link<\/a>)?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-grayscale\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>[Thomas: David Husselbee then] said, &#8216;Look, I have to go now.&#8217; He said, &#8216;I&#8217;ve I&#8217;ve got to get a plane.&#8217; The teacher [Mr Jenkins], he said, &#8216;Look, adidas is running a design-a- boot competition at the moment. You get an outline of a boot on the internet. You download it. You do your design. You send it in for the competition. And we set the children as homework the task of designing an adidas boot along the themes of the things we&#8217;ve discussed today. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[Jenkins:] If it&#8217;s okay can, I just show you [Husselbee] some of the designs that the students here have come up with? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Source: trip2themoon 2001, np <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VtgIXkFQj58?feature=shared\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-grayscale\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"766\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/adidas-boot-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/adidas-boot-5.jpg 766w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/adidas-boot-5-300x147.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 766px) 100vw, 766px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>[Thomas:] What the child has done here is they&#8217;ve actually put the amount &#8230; Adidas&#8217;s profits, the factory profits and how much the workers get paid in the stripes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Text source: trip2themoon 2001, np <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VtgIXkFQj58?feature=shared\">link<\/a>; image source: Anon nd, np <a href=\"http:\/\/www.juicygeography.co.uk\/Unfair%20trade\/shoes.htm\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-grayscale\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"707\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/adidas-boot-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/adidas-boot-3.jpg 707w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/adidas-boot-3-300x159.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 707px) 100vw, 707px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>[Thomas:] This one was perhaps my favorite because of its simplicity. And it&#8217;s called the &#8216;exploitation boot&#8217;. And it&#8217;s just got adidas walking on others<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Text source: trip2themoon 2001, np <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VtgIXkFQj58?feature=shared\">link<\/a>; image source: Anon nd, np <a href=\"http:\/\/www.juicygeography.co.uk\/Unfair%20trade\/shoes.htm\">link<\/a>. NB 6 boot designs can be found here).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-blue-red\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>The outcome? A very pale Mr Husselbee. &#8230; Again, there was no reply. But, as Mark Thomas was quick to illustrate, Adidas and their type of exploitation is only one of many (Source Baxter Baine nd, np <a href=\"http:\/\/www.juicygeography.co.uk\/Unfair%20trade\/mtp.htm\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Inspiration \/ Technique \/ Process \/ Methodology<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-purple-yellow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p><em>The Mark Thomas Comedy Product<\/em> (from series 2 onwards &#8211; known as <em>The Mark Thomas Product<\/em>) is a television show fronted by the English comedian, presenter, political activist and reporter, Mark Thomas and directed by Michael Cumming. It was broadcast in the UK on Channel 4 from 23 February 1996 to 22 October 2003. The show, described as &#8216;a brilliantly ludicrous alternative to Watchdog&#8217;, was a hybrid of comedy and serious politics, with Thomas often using silly or surreal methods to gain interviews with politicians and corporations and to highlight issues (Source: Wikipedia nd, np <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Mark_Thomas_Comedy_Product\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-blue-orange\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>[I]t was a mix of satire and political expose, focusing on injustice, corruption, dodgy politicians and cover-ups from big business. [Thomas said] &#8216;There is a lot of fondness I have for it but it was exhausting. We did 45 programmes plus specials and one-offs in approximately six years. We were going hell for leather.&#8217; He interviewed MPs dressed as a bear, tried to undercut McDonald&#8217;s by selling burgers next door, bet the production budget on a horse (and lost), exposed radioactive pigeon poo at Sellafield, held a cannabis surgery with Jack Straw [then Home Secretary] and set up a PR company at an arms fair. Mark also found out about his own MI5 file, got Adidas to attend a debate on conditions in clothing factories in Indonesia, discovered the illegal pesticides in use in the UK, shamed companies dumping expired drugs in poor countries, posed as a right wing farmer and even wrote a book about his investigations into Coca Cola. Not surprisingly, TV bosses got very nervous. &#8216;The number of lawyers we had &#8230; I literally stood next to the stage, I could be seen by everyone in the audience, we&#8217;re two minutes from starting and I&#8217;ve been there for 10 minutes already listening to a lawyer, and arguing with a lawyer, about what I could say and get away with. We would talk and discuss things up until 30 seconds before I went on stage&#8217;. We had some scrapes but by the end I wasn&#8217;t enjoying it. I thought &#8216;Why am I putting myself under this much pressure and I&#8217;m not enjoying it?&#8217; (Source: McRoberts 2022, np).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-purple-green\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>[I]t&#8217;s only now that we can see how far ahead of its time his TV show was. A 37-year-old who lives in Clapham with his wife and two children, he is somehow the voice of radical youth. He was advocating direct action years before the anti-capitalist demonstrations in Seattle, London and Prague. [Mark Thomas] was putting the boot into corporate culture years before Naomi Klein wrote <em>No Logo<\/em>, and he has long been using the internet to help organise and inspire activists. In short, his series anticipated the mood of a generation that wants to be politically involved but has lost its faith in political parties (Source: Barber 2001, p.5).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-purple-yellow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>[In this episode, setting up the in-class discussion with a panel including Husselbee and Rokhnai] was partly a result of Channel 4 television&#8217;s legal requirement for &#8216;balance&#8217; in its programming, which meant Thomas had to afford airtime to counter-arguments from his targets (Source: Bond 2001, np <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsws.org\/en\/articles\/2001\/05\/hrw1-m28.html\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-small-font-size is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>+8 comments<\/summary>\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-blue-red\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>[From a student post which mentions the reading Mr Jenkins had given them for their class:] Read the report that started it all (Source: Gatten 2001, np <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20020118181132\/http:\/\/www.unfairtrade.co.uk\/pov\/debates.shtml\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-blue-orange\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>[This report begins:] Statement of Rainy Hutabarat, &#8216;Urban Community Mission&#8217;, Jakarta, at the European Parliament Hearing 22 November 2000 Brussels. &#8216;My name is Rainy Hutabarat: I am a researcher at the &#8216;Urban Community Mission&#8217; (UCM) in Jakarta. The UCM maintains close links with workers in many garment and sportsshoe factories around Jakarta, many of which are supplier factories for Nike, adidas, C&amp;A, Otto etc. The UCM runs education programmes for these workers, and also undertakes research on their labour conditions for NGOs and unions in the USA, Europe etc. For example, from January to April 1999, the South Wind Institute in Germany cooperated with us in a research project on labour conditions in six supplier factories of adidas, C&amp;A, Otto and Quelle around Jakarta. Our study was finalized in November 1999 and published in German in a book of the South Wind Institute and the German Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC) in May 2000. One of the six factories was the Tuntex factory in Cakung, an &#8220;Export Processing Zone&#8221; in the East of Jakarta. Tuntex is a supplier of adidas. Its owner is Taiwanese. There are 1,700 workers at Tuntex, most of them women, who produce garment for Nike, Adidas, The GAP etc. I shall describe to you the working conditions at Tuntex, not only at the time of the research in January &#8211; April 1999, but also from more recent investigations in September 2000 and November 2000 &#8230; (Source: Hutabarat 2000, np <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20011222090551\/http:\/\/www.cleanclothes.org\/codes\/howitt7.htm\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-dark-grayscale\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>[A student account of the filming:] on the 9th of January 2001, we sat down in the library, opposite the senior Adidas representative in charge of social and environmental issues himself; David Husselbee. Present were around 30 students from years 9 to 11, Mr Jenkins, and a few guests: Richard Howitt MEP; Endang Rokhani and a translator from the Urban Community Mission (a factory monitoring group from Jakarta); a Channel 4 film crew and Mark Thomas &#8211; the very same Channel Four! activist comedian who had arranged for a year 9 class to speak to David on the phone a few weeks earlier. Mr Jenkins made an introduction and we were addressed by all of the speakers. Mr Howitt talked about the efforts of his department in governing fair trade and the conditions of factories in Europe and their attempts at international standards of such. There had been a conference, he said, to discuss with large multinationals including Adidas the rights and comparative conditions of the workers in such countries as Indonesia, where European law is not Recognise. Adidas was not present at this meeting, and despite being given six weeks notice, they&#8217;d protested that they&#8217;d not been warned in time &#8230; (Source: Gatten 2001, np <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20020118181132\/http:\/\/www.unfairtrade.co.uk\/pov\/debates.shtml\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-grayscale\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The European Parliament had a hearing about Adidas and their factories in Indonesia and the practices there and Adidas didn&#8217;t turn up and I said to [David Husselbee] &#8216;Why didn&#8217;t you turn up to the hearing at the European Parliament?&#8217; He said &#8216;We didn&#8217;t get enough time?&#8217; I said &#8216;Well, how long did you get?&#8217; He said, &#8216;Oh, a few weeks.&#8217; A few weeks! &#8216;You&#8217;re a&#8230;&#8217; You can&#8217;t believe this is a multinational company and you can&#8217;t get to Brussels! You&#8217;re a sports wear company for God&#8217;s sake! You can put the shoes on and jog over in that time (Source: Thomas in trip2themoon 2001, np <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VtgIXkFQj58?feature=shared\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-dark-grayscale\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>&#8230; Then Endang spoke and told us something about the conditions of workers in those factories in Indonesia that the ECM had been to inspect. She talked about cramped dirty living, where workers from the country and their families were sharing rooms with as many as 16 people. She mentioned forced overtime and how the workers were made to work 14 hour days to earn as little as \u01411 a day. This, she explained, was only enough for a meal and travel to\/from work. Workers would also, she said, be fined more than half a day&#8217;s pay for being 5 minutes late. Their wages would not allow them even little extras such as even a new shirt once a month. We were then introduced to the third speaker, David Husselbee. Very quick to tell us that he had worked for Oxfam, his words about how &#8216;Adidas was changing and we&#8217;re really trying to make things better&#8217; sounded distinctly hollow after Endang&#8217;s testimony of how the real world is. &#8216;How long are you going to take to fix these problems?&#8217; we said. The answer was so vague as to be pointless. In response to the accusations of forced overtime, all he could come up with was &#8216;There is a sign on the factory wall saying &#8216;Overtime is voluntary&#8221;. THAT&#8217;S IT?? A SIGN. This was completely unsatisfactory. David Husselbee spoke for a while, and said that the workers were earning, on average, 700,000rs a month &#8216;Nearly 25% over the minimum wage&#8221;&#8216; When quizzed on how much this was he replied $90 dollars. In sterling? \u00a360. At this point Endang interrupted to say that this money was only attainable though working overtime, from 9am to 10pm. David Husselbee had to admit that this was the case. But ! we were all eager to get to a stage where we could ask him questions of our own. In fact, when Mr Jenkins asked, around 15 hands went straight up. The questions asked ranged from asking why Adidas thought the minimum wage was fair and why not use their economic influence to raise it (&#8216;Adidas are not natural partners of governments&#8217; he said, but a few seconds later &#8216;We have spoken to governments, but not in Indonesia&#8217;) to the moral issues of taking poor people from the villages and keeping them poor by not giving them enough even to send home. He claimed that the youngest person that had been found working in Adidas factories in Indonesia was only 16. Adidas&#8217; factories, according to him, were not under their control. Then Richard Howitt turned to David Husselbee and, after stating that, as an MEP, he earns \u00a340,00[0] a year, asked him how much he earned. The question was completely avoided. Someone asked him again, a few moments later. He refused to answer. Mark Thomas then spoke to Mr Husselbee; he asked how many inspectors Adidas had for it&#8217;s factories (23) and how many factories (over 1000) did he think this was enough? (He did, we didn&#8217;t.) Lastly, Mr Jenkins asked David Husselbee if some year nine students could give in some entries to their &#8216;design a boot&#8217; competition: three designs were shown on the projector &#8211; Crudidas, bore one, with a profit graph showing in the stripes. Adidas &#8211; Walking On Others said another. I am only a shoe and yet I was made in a fourteen hour shift. David Husselbee looked as if he was beginning to get very ruffled (Source: Gatten 2001, np <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20020118181132\/http:\/\/www.unfairtrade.co.uk\/pov\/debates.shtml\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-dark-grayscale\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>At 11:00am, after promising to attend the next hearing at the European Parliament as though he was the most generous man in the world, he hastily said he had to leave to ahem &#8216;catch a plane&#8217;. hmmm. After his quick exit there was a show of hands as to who felt they had more questions to ask &#8211; about 25 hands went up. Then we got into groups and spoke personally with Mark Thomas, Richard Howitt and Endang. Richard explained how he and his committee worked towards European Fair Trade. We spoke to Endang and found out that the Unions in Indonesia are either violently discouraged (their members sacked). There is, she said, only one licensed Union in Indonesia. Lastly we spoke with Mark Thomas about what we could do to fight the injustice of those big corporations, such as Adidas, who exploit workers in such legally and economically fragile countries such as Indonesia. Boycott is the strongest method, he said!, but also important is writing letters &#8211; to CEOs and to Adidas and to anyone else we feel strongly about. &#8220;Letters from you are a powerful weapon&#8221; we were told, and he told us about a man in Africa who&#8217;d been freed only on the strength of letters from Amnesty. I personally felt empowered by this, by the thought that we can make a difference, that we all can, even you. When it came to it, we couldn&#8217;t get Adidas to say anything completely incriminating. And we didn&#8217;t expect to, PR people are trained in the art of avoiding the question, as we had seen. But he did say he&#8217;d come back! *Evil glint in the eyes of 30 fourteen-year-olds* &#8211; we&#8217;ll get you next time, Husselbee (Source: Gatten 2001, np <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20020118181132\/http:\/\/www.unfairtrade.co.uk\/pov\/debates.shtml\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-blue-red\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p><em>Geoff Atkinson: producer.<\/em> &#8230; In the episode &#8230; where we had schoolchildren interviewing &#8230; David Husselbee &#8230; we filmed a pre- and post-watershed version, with the former having kids in the audience. And that was the one that went out (Source: Richardson 2022, np <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/culture\/2022\/feb\/21\/mark-thomas-comedy-product-how-we-made\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-grayscale\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p><em>Ella went along to the recording of the show!<\/em> Well, before I go into detail, I&#8217;d like to say that is was really nice (sorry about the mundane word) of Channel 4 to let us come, supply the transport, keep us all watered, and have us back in time for tea. They got us there in two coaches; one even had a toilet. When we arrived, we were all given drinks, (no alcohol, unfortunately), and told to make ourselves comfortable. The show was really funny, for the TV showing they edited a part in which he described the children as being able to pin someone to the wall with one look, which I think is easily shown when they showed the things that were filmed at Hampstead school. Especially when David Husselbee came along, some of the questions were, well, do I need to say, you saw the programme! For those that didn&#8217;t, a person came from Adidas that was in charge of the conditions in the factories, and all the children verbally thrashed him! I was really amused, especially when Richard Howitt (an MEP) and Endang, a reporter from Indonesia, and even her translator had a go at him. &#8230; Over all, a good day out, and very, very funny (Source Downing nd, np <a href=\"http:\/\/www.juicygeography.co.uk\/Unfair%20trade\/mtp.htm\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><strong>Discussion \/ Responses<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-blue-red\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>Having had questions fired at him about the morality of the factory situation and the actual reality of the wages that only come if work is done from 7:30 in the morning until 9 at night, it was scarily obvious how much corruption is actually taking place. The most poignant point for me was when 13 year old Joe Wills questioned, completely uninhibited by Mr Husselbee&#8217;s title, about the influence Adidas actually has on governments in developing countries. Throughout the discussion, David Husselbee had been returning to the fact that it is an Indonesian law that enables 15 year olds to be employed and that Adidas pays up to 15% over the Indonesian minimum wage (if overtime is put in) But the truth of the matter is that Indonesian law could easily be influenced by a huge employer like Adidas, so why don&#8217;t they work with the government to raise the minimum wage to help Indonesian society altogether? There wasn&#8217;t an answer to be! at this one and Mr Husselbee sunk further into his chair as he tried to push out a reasonably round about reply to cover his back. The only problem was that these children could see exactly what he was doing and weren&#8217;t afraid to challenge him (Source Baxter Baine nd, np <a href=\"http:\/\/www.juicygeography.co.uk\/Unfair%20trade\/mtp.htm\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-blue-orange\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>I have often thought of kids as having more political freedom and creativity. this is proof (Source: @Ramona_93 2013, np <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VtgIXkFQj58\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-midnight\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>As a parent, I was both proud of the students and very pleased that my child is at a school where he is encouraged to challenge injustice. I was extremely impressed by the depth of knowledge and understanding shown by the students. They clearly felt strongly about the subject and displayed great persistence in their questioning. I thought their actual questions were perceptive and challenging. So much so, they were able to undermine totally, the weak case presented by Adidas (Source: LM nd, np <a href=\"http:\/\/www.juicygeography.co.uk\/Unfair%20trade\/mtp.htm\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-grayscale\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>It was clear from the reactions of the audience, that the issues discussed provoked strong feelings in all of the students that took part. They were disgusted by the attitude of the offending companies, and the lack of sympathy that was portrayed (Source Tara &amp; Emma nd, np <a href=\"http:\/\/www.juicygeography.co.uk\/Unfair%20trade\/mtp.htm\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-small-font-size is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>+7 comments<\/summary>\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-dark-grayscale\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>The [football boot] drawings are tremendous and I would like to do a story on how the kids got involved with this project and how you can see their alternative adidas posters online (Source: M b nd, np <a href=\"http:\/\/www.juicygeography.co.uk\/Unfair%20trade\/mtp.htm\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-purple-green\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>I saw the show and really enjoyed it &#8211; I thought the kids were excellent, and asked some very telling questions (I&#8217;m a fan of the [Mark Thomas] show, and was at the recording). One question that I would like to have seen Husselbee ask the class (and what I would have asked them if I were in his place) was &#8216;How many of you will refuse to buy Adidas products again (or Nike, GAP etc. for that matter)&#8230;or at least until we can guarantee better working conditions?&#8217; I was interested to note that nearly half of the children at the recording were wearing Adidas or Nike products. Without wanting to sound critical, the thought occurs that the single most powerful weapon those children (and the rest of us) have is the cash in their pockets. Criticising Adidas on the one hand, but contributing to their profits on the other is hypocritical. I&#8217;d be interested to know if the children were asked about this (maybe it was edited), and if so what was their response (Source: M a nd, np <a href=\"http:\/\/www.juicygeography.co.uk\/Unfair%20trade\/mtp.htm\">link<\/a>)?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-midnight\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>Hopefully those kids will now think twice before they buy Adidas (Source: @HaploidCell 2013, np <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VtgIXkFQj58\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-blue-orange\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>Cudos to those kids. Those were some hard questions. i kind of feel bad for the CEO, though, because that&#8217;s a battle he cannot win. Either he&#8217;d be losing an argument against a bunch of 10-year-olds OR he wins, in which case he is the mean adult who uses his superior intelectual skills and experience to crush the spirits of the children. Either way he looks bad (Source: @Basilzaharoff1 2013, np <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VtgIXkFQj58\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-blue-red\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>As I understand it, Nike is doing many of these people a favor by paying them at a competitive rate for their country, and allowing them to eat so they can live. I wish everyone could have American standards of living, but as of right now there are no easy solutions (Source: Ventinari 2001, np <a href=\"https:\/\/gamedev.net\/forums\/topic\/44642-sweatshop-nike\/1221165\/\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-purple-yellow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>The real harm here is not the low pay of the sweatshops, but the side effects that it causes. Let me elaborate on this just a little bit more: If a child must work all day to earn enough money to eat then the child cannot goto school (or something similar) to learn a better trade. This means that they will be stuck working in low paying jobs for the rest of there life. Which also means that their children will also have to work all day to earn enough money to eat and the whole cycle repeats itself. To solve the problem, all that nike (and other companies) would have to do is pay decent wages to their workers. This way the parents in the family and possible the older children would be the only ones who would need to work to earn enough money. This would then enable the children to goto school and become more skilled. As this cycle continued over the course of several generations, then the work force would become more and more skilled, and thus earn better pay. Another thing wrong with the &#8216;they get what they need&#8217; theory is what happens when people get sick or nature destroys peoples communities. What happens in these cases? They are only making enough money to eat, so how are these people suppose to pay for good medical care or pay to build their communities back after a natural disaster? The problem with sweatshops is not that they pay enough to sustain a person (barly), but it is that they take away peoples ability to better themselves and they pay so little that people cannot cope with things that disrupt their normal lives (such as sickness or natural disasters) (Source: Ranok 2001, np <a href=\"https:\/\/gamedev.net\/forums\/topic\/44642-sweatshop-nike\/1221165\/\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-dark-grayscale\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>The film was at its best when tackling concrete issues such as wages and the company&#8217;s defence of child labour. &#8230; [But] Thomas &#8230; believes a broad opposition movement can only fight on the most elementary issues. He does not see the formation of a perspective for that movement as being essential to any step forward. When the &#8230; SEP [Socialist Equality Party] member rose to speak he said, &#8216;You can all leave now if you want. Here comes the politics.&#8217; Later he added, &#8216;What is important was to build a mass movement&#8217;. Thomas &#8230; holds the view that what is important is the number of people you get protesting, not what they are protesting about (Source: Bond 2001, np <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsws.org\/en\/articles\/2001\/05\/hrw1-m28.html\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Outcomes \/ Impacts<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-blue-red\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>It&#8217;s hard to know, in this twenty first century world full of extremes and money obsessed, whether there really is something that the next generation can do to turn around the selfish society we live in today. Multinational companies seem to hold all the cards, and what can one do in a first world country, so far away from the corruption itself? Well, as I realised whilst watching &#8216;The Mark Thomas Product&#8217; on Channel 4, there is still a huge amount that can be done through the simplest of ideas. &#8230; The cleverest and most surprising thing about Mark Thomas and his show was how, even though he was dealing with extremely serious and powerful subjects, he was able to make it entertaining and hysterical at the same time. And this is what lifts the show from merely being a morbid projection of a corrupt world, to an idea of hope, and I found it inspirationally empowering seeing what just one person can do. Knowing that I can make a difference for a person less fortunate than myself, no matter how corny it may sound, is very exciting. I have personally realised that actually Adidas have no power in comparison to that of the next generation, which, if fairly represented by the students at Hampstead School, seem scarily determined to find some kind of equality (Source Baxter Baine nd, np <a href=\"http:\/\/www.juicygeography.co.uk\/Unfair%20trade\/mtp.htm\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-grayscale\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>On Sunday 21st January, 2001, we attended the filming of the Mark Thomas Product [standup show], along with fellow students and teachers from Hampstead School. This followed Mark Thomas\u2019s visit to our school where he discussed fair trade issues with the students. &#8230; We were very grateful for the opportunity to take part in this event, as it has raised our awareness of the regularity of slave labour in large companies across the world. We realised that not only do these companies exploit their workers, but they do so in such a way that the consumers are led to believe that the products they\u2019re buying are manufactured by fairly treated workers. We hope we will be given an opportunity like this again, as it proves that young people today can make a difference if they try. After finding out about Adidas, and other similar companies, we have made a conscious effort to stop buying their products. The Mark Thomas Product helped raise awareness of fair trade issues around the world. We hope that with more work like this, companies will be forced to change their policies and cases such as the ones we looked at will become a thing of the past (Source Tara &amp; Emma nd, np <a href=\"http:\/\/www.juicygeography.co.uk\/Unfair%20trade\/mtp.htm\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-purple-yellow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>The recording of &#8216;The Mark Thomas Product&#8217; was the culmination of a project that has enabled my son, not only to understand more about the nature of the world he lives in, but to realise that inequality does not have to go unchallenged. He has shown a great deal of commitment and enthusiasm for the whole project and I would like to thank Mr. Jenkins [the geography teacher whose class featured in the show] for initiating and running the project (Source: LM nd, np <a href=\"http:\/\/www.juicygeography.co.uk\/Unfair%20trade\/mtp.htm\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-blue-orange\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>It was an experience that made us realise that we could affect major corporations (Source Downing nd, np <a href=\"http:\/\/www.juicygeography.co.uk\/Unfair%20trade\/mtp.htm\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-small-font-size is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>+4 comments<\/summary>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-blue-red\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>On 22nd November 2000 the European Parliament Development and Cooperation Committee held a Public Hearing into the baby food industry. IBFAN and UNICEF made presentations. MEPs were shocked and outraged when Nestl\u00e9 refused its invitation to make a presentation on the monitoring process it claims to have put in place to ensure compliance with the marketing requirements. For further information contact Richard Howitt MEP, who arranged the Hearing &#8230; Adidas was investigated at the same Hearing and also refused to attend. On the Mark Thomas Product on Channel 4 Television this week (25th January), David Husselbee, Global Director of Social and Environmental Affairs, Adidas, said: &#8216;With hindsight we accept that we should have been at the meeting in November&#8217;. So far Nestl\u00e9 has made no such admission (Source: Brady 2002, np <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.babymilkaction.org\/press\/press13feb01.html\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-grayscale\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>[David Husselbee to MEP Richard Howitt at the end of the programme:] With hindsight we, we accept that we, we should have been at the meeting, um, in November and, uh, we&#8217;ve written to the chairman to say that we would attend the next meeting, um, and that we would be very keen to, to meet you in Brussels and to discuss how we can participate in this debate about what the role of international companies is, um, in developing countries (Source: Husselbee in trip2themoon 2011, np <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VtgIXkFQj58?feature=shared\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-dark-grayscale\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>I still have such fond memories of [Mark Thomas] educating schoolchildren about the sweatshops that helped make many of their trainers before getting the number of a CEO (the company was either Nike or Adidas, I think) and allowing all of the kids to call up and leave a message on the guy&#8217;s answering machine (Source: Tylerandjack 2013, np <a href=\"https:\/\/foritismansnumber.blogspot.com\/2013\/08\/mark-thomas-100-acts-of-minor-dissent.html\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-blue-orange\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>[In 2022] during lockdown, [Thomas] and producer Geoff Atkinson hosted a look back at the <em>Mark Thomas Comedy Product<\/em> &#8230;. Hilarious and controversial in equal measure, he doesn&#8217;t believe it would get commissioned now&#8217; (Source: McRoberts 2022, np).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-normal-font-size\" style=\"background-color:#f8f2ee\">Page compiled by Ian Cook et al (last updated December 2024).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Sources<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">@Basilzaharoff1 (2013) Comment on trip2themoon (2011) Mark Thomas Comedy Product Series 5 Episode 4 Pester Power. <em>YouTube.com<\/em> 2 March (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VtgIXkFQj58?feature=shared\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/VtgIXkFQj58?feature=shared<\/a> laast accessed 17 December 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">@HaploidCell (2013) Comment on trip2themoon (2011) Mark Thomas Comedy Product Series 5 Episode 4 Pester Power. <em>YouTube.com<\/em> 2 March (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VtgIXkFQj58?feature=shared\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/VtgIXkFQj58?feature=shared<\/a> laast accessed 17 December 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">@Ramona_93 (2013) Comment on trip2themoon (2011) Mark Thomas Comedy Product Series 5 Episode 4 Pester Power. <em>YouTube.com<\/em> 2 March (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VtgIXkFQj58?feature=shared\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/VtgIXkFQj58?feature=shared<\/a> laast accessed 17 December 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Anon (nd) Football boot designs. <em>Juicy geography <\/em>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.juicygeography.co.uk\/Unfair%20trade\/shoes.htm\">http:\/\/www.juicygeography.co.uk\/Unfair%20trade\/shoes.htm<\/a> last accessed 19 December 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-small-font-size is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>+20 sources<\/summary>\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Barber, N. (2001) Profile Mark Thomas: agitated comedian. <em>The Independent <\/em>(comment) 13 January. p.5 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Baxter Baine, H. (nd) in Anon (nda) Mark Thomas Product. <em>Juicy Geography<\/em> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.juicygeography.co.uk\/Unfair%20trade\/mtp.htm\">http:\/\/www.juicygeography.co.uk\/Unfair%20trade\/mtp.htm<\/a> last accessed 17 December 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Beelzebub (2001) Comment on Cunningham, P. (2001) Sweatshop nike. <em>gamedev.net <\/em>5 April (<a href=\"https:\/\/gamedev.net\/forums\/topic\/44642-sweatshop-nike\/1221165\/\">https:\/\/gamedev.net\/forums\/topic\/44642-sweatshop-nike\/1221165\/<\/a> last accessed 17 December 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">BDowning, E. (nd) in Anon (nda) Mark Thomas Product. <em>Juicy Geography<\/em> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.juicygeography.co.uk\/Unfair%20trade\/mtp.htm\">http:\/\/www.juicygeography.co.uk\/Unfair%20trade\/mtp.htm<\/a> last accessed 17 December 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Bond, P. (2001) Trade Off and Pester Power: Radicalism&#8217;s dead end critique of globalisation. <em>World Socialist Web Site<\/em> 28 May (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsws.org\/en\/articles\/2001\/05\/hrw1-m28.html\">https:\/\/www.wsws.org\/en\/articles\/2001\/05\/hrw1-m28.html<\/a> last accessed 17 December 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Brady, M. (2001) British Red Cross reported to Charity Commission for undermining the campaign to protect infant health from the aggressive marketing of breastmilk substitutes. <em>Baby Milk Action <\/em>13 February<em> <\/em>(<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.babymilkaction.org\/press\/press13feb01.html\">http:\/\/archive.babymilkaction.org\/press\/press13feb01.html<\/a> last accessed 17 December 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Gatten, O. (2001) The Adidas debate at our school 9\/1\/01. <em>Juicy Geography<\/em>  (<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20020118181132\/http:\/\/www.unfairtrade.co.uk\/pov\/debates.shtml\">https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20020118181132\/http:\/\/www.unfairtrade.co.uk\/pov\/debates.shtml<\/a> last accessed 17 December 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Hutabarat, R. (2000) Working conditions at Tuntex Factory, Jakarta. <em>Clean Clothes Campaign <\/em>(<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20011222090551\/http:\/\/www.cleanclothes.org\/codes\/howitt7.htm\">https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20011222090551\/http:\/\/www.cleanclothes.org\/codes\/howitt7.htm<\/a> last accessed 17 December 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">LM (nd) in Anon (nda) Mark Thomas Product. <em>Juicy Geography<\/em> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.juicygeography.co.uk\/Unfair%20trade\/mtp.htm\">http:\/\/www.juicygeography.co.uk\/Unfair%20trade\/mtp.htm<\/a> last accessed 17 December 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">M a (nd) in Anon (nda) Mark Thomas Product. <em>Juicy Geography<\/em> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.juicygeography.co.uk\/Unfair%20trade\/mtp.htm\">http:\/\/www.juicygeography.co.uk\/Unfair%20trade\/mtp.htm<\/a> last accessed 17 December 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">M b (nd) in Anon (nda) Mark Thomas Product. <em>Juicy Geography<\/em> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.juicygeography.co.uk\/Unfair%20trade\/mtp.htm\">http:\/\/www.juicygeography.co.uk\/Unfair%20trade\/mtp.htm<\/a> last accessed 17 December 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">markthomasinfo (nd) The History of\u2026. <em>Mark Thomas <\/em>(<a href=\"https:\/\/markthomasinfo.co.uk\/footerpages\/about\/timeline\/\">https:\/\/markthomasinfo.co.uk\/footerpages\/about\/timeline\/<\/a> last accessed 17 December 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">McRoberts, A. (2022) &#8216;It&#8217;s a banger of a play! If you voted Tory, or if you are a Tory, don&#8217;t come!&#8217; <em>Dunfermline Press <\/em>28 November, np<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Ranok (2001) Comment on Cunningham, P. (2001) Sweatshop nike. <em>gamedev.net <\/em>5 April (<a href=\"https:\/\/gamedev.net\/forums\/topic\/44642-sweatshop-nike\/1221165\/\">https:\/\/gamedev.net\/forums\/topic\/44642-sweatshop-nike\/1221165\/<\/a> last accessed 17 December 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Richardson, J. (2022) \u2018I phoned the president of Ghana onstage in a pub\u2019: how we made The Mark Thomas Comedy Product. <em>The Guardian <\/em>21 February (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/culture\/2022\/feb\/21\/mark-thomas-comedy-product-how-we-made\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/culture\/2022\/feb\/21\/mark-thomas-comedy-product-how-we-made<\/a> last accessed 17 December 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Tara &amp; Emma (nd) in Anon (nda) Mark Thomas Product. <em>Juicy Geography<\/em> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.juicygeography.co.uk\/Unfair%20trade\/mtp.htm\">http:\/\/www.juicygeography.co.uk\/Unfair%20trade\/mtp.htm<\/a> last accessed 17 December 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">trip2themoon (2011) Mark Thomas Comedy Product Series 5 Episode 4 Pester Power. <em>YouTube.com<\/em> 2 March (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VtgIXkFQj58?feature=shared\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/VtgIXkFQj58?feature=shared<\/a> laast accessed 17 December 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Tylerandjack (2013) Mark Thomas: 100 Acts Of Minor Dissent. <em>For it is man&#8217;s number <\/em>8 August (<a href=\"https:\/\/foritismansnumber.blogspot.com\/2013\/08\/mark-thomas-100-acts-of-minor-dissent.html\">https:\/\/foritismansnumber.blogspot.com\/2013\/08\/mark-thomas-100-acts-of-minor-dissent.html<\/a> last accessed 17 December 2024).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Ventinari (2001) Comment on Cunningham, P. (2001) Sweatshop nike. <em>gamedev.net <\/em>5 April (<a href=\"https:\/\/gamedev.net\/forums\/topic\/44642-sweatshop-nike\/1221165\/\">https:\/\/gamedev.net\/forums\/topic\/44642-sweatshop-nike\/1221165\/<\/a> last accessed 17 December 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wikipedia (nd) The Mark Thomas Comedy Product. <em>wikipedia.org (<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Mark_Thomas_Comedy_Product\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Mark_Thomas_Comedy_Product<\/a> last accessed 17 December 2024)<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-small-font-size is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Image credit<\/summary>\n<p><strong>Speaking icon:<\/strong> Speaking (https:\/\/thenounproject.com\/icon\/speaking-5549886\/) by M Faisal from Noun Project (CC BY 3.0) Modified August 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Boot images: <\/strong>credit Juicy Geography<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div><p id=\"pvc_stats_17181\" class=\"pvc_stats all  \" data-element-id=\"17181\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.0\" viewBox=\"0 0 502 315\" preserveAspectRatio=\"xMidYMid meet\"><g transform=\"translate(0,332) scale(0.1,-0.1)\" fill=\"\" stroke=\"none\"><path d=\"M2394 3279 l-29 -30 -3 -207 c-2 -182 0 -211 15 -242 39 -76 157 -76 196 0 15 31 17 60 15 243 l-3 209 -33 29 c-26 23 -41 29 -80 29 -41 0 -53 -5 -78 -31z\"\/><path d=\"M3085 3251 c-45 -19 -58 -50 -96 -229 -47 -217 -49 -260 -13 -295 52 -53 146 -42 177 20 16 31 87 366 87 410 0 70 -86 122 -155 94z\"\/><path d=\"M1751 3234 c-13 -9 -29 -31 -37 -50 -12 -29 -10 -49 21 -204 19 -94 39 -189 45 -210 14 -50 54 -80 110 -80 34 0 48 6 76 34 21 21 34 44 34 59 0 14 -18 113 -40 219 -37 178 -43 195 -70 221 -36 32 -101 37 -139 11z\"\/><path d=\"M1163 3073 c-36 -7 -73 -59 -73 -102 0 -56 133 -378 171 -413 34 -32 83 -37 129 -13 70 36 67 87 -16 290 -86 209 -89 214 -129 231 -35 14 -42 15 -82 7z\"\/><path d=\"M3689 3066 c-15 -9 -33 -30 -42 -48 -48 -103 -147 -355 -147 -375 0 -98 131 -148 192 -74 13 15 57 108 97 206 80 196 84 226 37 273 -30 30 -99 39 -137 18z\"\/><path d=\"M583 2784 c-38 -19 -67 -74 -58 -113 9 -42 211 -354 242 -373 16 -10 45 -18 66 -18 51 0 107 52 107 100 0 39 -1 41 -124 234 -80 126 -108 162 -133 173 -41 17 -61 16 -100 -3z\"\/><path d=\"M4250 2784 c-14 -9 -74 -91 -133 -183 -95 -150 -107 -173 -107 -213 0 -55 33 -94 87 -104 67 -13 90 8 211 198 130 202 137 225 78 284 -27 27 -42 34 -72 34 -22 0 -50 -8 -64 -16z\"\/><path d=\"M2275 2693 c-553 -48 -1095 -270 -1585 -649 -135 -104 -459 -423 -483 -476 -23 -49 -22 -139 2 -186 73 -142 361 -457 571 -626 285 -228 642 -407 990 -497 242 -63 336 -73 660 -74 310 0 370 5 595 52 535 111 1045 392 1455 803 122 121 250 273 275 326 19 41 19 137 0 174 -41 79 -309 363 -465 492 -447 370 -946 591 -1479 653 -113 14 -422 18 -536 8z m395 -428 c171 -34 330 -124 456 -258 112 -119 167 -219 211 -378 27 -96 24 -300 -5 -401 -72 -255 -236 -447 -474 -557 -132 -62 -201 -76 -368 -76 -167 0 -236 14 -368 76 -213 98 -373 271 -451 485 -162 444 86 934 547 1084 153 49 292 57 452 25z m909 -232 c222 -123 408 -262 593 -441 76 -74 138 -139 138 -144 0 -16 -233 -242 -330 -319 -155 -123 -309 -223 -461 -299 l-81 -41 32 46 c18 26 49 83 70 128 143 306 141 649 -6 957 -25 52 -61 116 -79 142 l-34 47 45 -20 c26 -10 76 -36 113 -56z m-2057 25 c-40 -58 -105 -190 -130 -263 -110 -324 -59 -707 132 -981 25 -35 42 -64 37 -64 -19 0 -241 119 -326 174 -188 122 -406 314 -532 468 l-58 71 108 103 c185 178 428 349 672 473 66 33 121 60 123 61 2 0 -10 -19 -26 -42z\"\/><path d=\"M2375 1950 c-198 -44 -350 -190 -395 -379 -18 -76 -8 -221 19 -290 114 -284 457 -406 731 -260 98 52 188 154 231 260 27 69 37 214 19 290 -38 163 -166 304 -326 360 -67 23 -215 33 -279 19z\"\/><\/g><\/svg><\/i> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/page-views-count\/ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=0 \/><\/p><div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>followthethings.comSport &amp; Fitness &#8220;&#8216;Pester Power&#8217;: Mark Thomas Comedy Product&#8220;An episode of a satirical TV series starring comedian-activist Mark Thomas broadcast on the UK&#8217;s Channel 4.Full episode embedded above. 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